Semi trucks on the Mopac -what happened??? (San Diego: moving, weather)

[RunninJT]

Originally Posted by Novacek

Which neighborhood? What ban signs? You mean like "No Through Trucks" signs? Official ones set in concrete?

Here's one of em they had to keep replacing until they put up construction notices that made the sign pointless:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3630...7i13312!8i6656

There used to be two more by the bridge down Applegate but I think they got sick of replacing them.

[sojourner77]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

^^This. SW 45, even if it connected to I-35, would do nothing but increase traffic on already congested MoPac. Also, there would still be tolls, presumably on both the north and south end, even if not in the middle. I can't imagine a trucker would take that route over I-35.

The Mopac route would only be 5 miles longer, while the SH130 would be an extra 15 miles. If I-35 becomes worse, drivers (including through-traffic) will choose Mopac. Nature abhors a vacuum.

[brattpowered]

Originally Posted by FalconheadWest

"The" usually means a transplant to the area.

A Californian at that.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by RunninJT

Here's one of em they had to keep replacing until they put up construction notices that made the sign pointless:
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3630...7i13312!8i6656

There used to be two more by the bridge down Applegate but I think they got sick of replacing them.

When was this? That intersection wasn't annexed by the city before 2008, so if it was before then perhaps there were jurisdictional issues.

[Novacek]

Originally Posted by sojourner77

The Mopac route would only be 5 miles longer, while the SH130 would be an extra 15 miles.

Uh, no.

The 130 route is only 11.4 miles longer than straight on 35.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/30.0...97.6584441,16z

Diverting to Mopac, and measuring a perfect straight line between I35/45 and mopac/45 (it would actually curve a bit) is 51.67 miles. OR 6.87 miles longer.

[RunninJT]

Originally Posted by Novacek

When was this? That intersection wasn't annexed by the city before 2008, so if it was before then perhaps there were jurisdictional issues.

Nope this was post annex, the ones in the west side of the neighborhood we expected but the two by the bridges get regularly ripped out by the trucks that are construction trucks that like to use the bridge as a shortcut. At least that is the running theory during the last meeting I attended.

[Weatherguy]

Originally Posted by A-Tex

They've always been allowed on "the" one.

Quite often in other states, the "the" you noticed is quite common and doesn't sound strange at all. With so many newcomers here, I'm hearing this terminology frequently. Before long, a large number of us will be doing it.

[Trainwreck20]

Originally Posted by Weatherguy

Quite often in other states, the "the" you noticed is quite common and doesn't sound strange at all. With so many newcomers here, I'm hearing this terminology frequently. Before long, a large number of us will be doing it.

Possible, but I can't get the 'the' out of my mouth - it is like a tongue-twister if I try! And it will always be Town Lake to me .

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by Weatherguy

Quite often in other states, the "the" you noticed is quite common and doesn't sound strange at all. With so many newcomers here, I'm hearing this terminology frequently. Before long, a large number of us will be doing it.

It's still rare enough to be noticeable, and everyone that I know where they are from that uses it hails from California. I've never noticed it in other states when traveling there, either, though I'm told it is commonly used somewhere on the East Coast (just not the states on the East Coast that I've traveled in).

[Weatherguy]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

It's still rare enough to be noticeable, and everyone that I know where they are from that uses it hails from California. I've never noticed it in other states when traveling there, either, though I'm told it is commonly used somewhere on the East Coast (just not the states on the East Coast that I've traveled in).

My niece lived in San Diego for 20 years, and just moved to Texas. She does the "the" thing with all freeways/interstates. I've gotten used to it, finally.